§ 38. Mr. Buchananasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he proposes to set up a University Hospitals Board as recommended by the Royal Commission on Medical Education.
§ Mr. MillanThis recommendation requires to be considered in the context of proposals for the future organisation of health services generally.
§ Mr. BuchananI hope that the Under-Secretary will consider this point very seriously. With rapid advances in medical techniques and sophisticated operational techniques, would not the granting of funds and skills be more fairly allocated under such a University Teaching Hospitals Board?
§ Mr. MillanWe will consider this recommendation and other recommendations of the Royal Commission very carefully indeed, but I do not think that I can give an answer now. My hon. Friend will be aware that the present set-up in Scotland is quite different from that in England and Wales. Therefore, there are considerable implications in what the Royal Commission has recommended.